637. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals. [26896/25]
Topics / Mental Health Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMental Health Services
1,556 questions from 122 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,556
questions
1,548 written, 8 oral
122
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
9
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| January 2025 | 21 |
| February 2025 | 72 |
| March 2025 | 106 |
| April 2025 | 64 |
| May 2025 | 106 |
| June 2025 | 80 |
| July 2025 | 140 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 51 |
| October 2025 | 99 |
| November 2025 | 55 |
| December 2025 | 48 |
| January 2026 | 104 |
| February 2026 | 87 |
| March 2026 | 90 |
| April 2026 | 121 |
| May 2026 | 89 |
| June 2026 | 84 |
| July 2026 | 66 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 27 |
| October 2026 | 46 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
640. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in CAMHS west Cork Dunmanway, including the number of funded but unfilled positions. [26899/25]
641. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the community-based mental health supports available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and if these are standardised across the State. [26900/25]
642. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any assessment of the long-term developmental, educational, and economic impacts of prolonged delays in accessing CAMHS. [26903/25]
643. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that current mental health service provision for children is compliant with the State’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [26904/25]
644. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the support her Department provides for children and families who are unable to access CAMHS; and whether these are monitored for adequacy. [26905/25]
646. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health her response to recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes that she intends to pursue. [26907/25]
665. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 17 years of age that attended adult emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal ideations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26943/25]
676. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26965/25]
677. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who aged out of CAMHS while on the waiting list, by community health organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26966/25]
683. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she will establish standalone or emergency department adjacent urgent mental health care services; the number and details of any such existing facilities; if she has examined a potential model, such as the model which previously operated at St. Brendan's Hospital; if she accepts that often chaotic emergency departments are not an appropriate place for …
685. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on recommendation 22 of Sharing the Vision to establish appropriate environments for emergency mental health services; the services established to date; the planned services; the details of emergency departments with and without such services; the details of those services for each emergency department; and if she will make a statement on …
697. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the level of funding that has been allocated to perinatal mental health services in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27077/25]
698. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps she in taking to reduce disparities in access to perinatal mental health care among minorities such as migrants, those from the Travelling community, and low-income families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27078/25]
708. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the status of regulation of psychologists and the protection of the title psychologist; to provide the timeframe for registration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27204/25]
709. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of deadlines set and missed on the establishment of a register of psychologists with CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27205/25]
710. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if, given the level of outsourcing to private psychologists, she is concerned that psychologists are still not regulated with CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27206/25]
711. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the quality controls which are in place for the acceptance of assessments conducted by private psychologists for use in access to public services; the metric by which certain psychologists are accepted and others are not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27207/25]
712. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of assessments conducted by private psychologists which were presented for access to public services which were rejected on quality grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27208/25]
1. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied with the current level of mental health supports available to third level students; and if further investment is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/25]
34. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to extensive waiting lists for access to mental health supports including counselling services in third level institutions; the actions he will take to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25113/25]
182. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at CAMHS in Dublin 3, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form [26309/25]
826. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed by CAMHS in the Kildare area; the number of psychologists working in CAMHS in the Kildare area; the size of the waiting list for access to CAMHS services in the Kildare area; the average time waiting to secure an appointment with a psychologist in the Kildare area; and the average waiting time to access CAMHS services in the K…
862. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will consider providing interim funding to an organisation (details supplied) that is currently concluding an application for a longer-term funding relationship with the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25843/25]
865. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrist based in Kildare mental health team in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25856/25]